The Day I Return to Myself


The day will arrive

when I no longer search for myself

in the faces of others,

when I do not beg the sky

for a sign to keep going.


I will come home,

dust on my feet, silence in my mouth,

and there I’ll be—waiting—

a younger me, tired,

but with light still in his eyes.


I’ll say,

Come in.

Sit for a while.

Let the shame fall from your shoulders.

Here’s water, warm and still.

Here’s rice, simple and soft.

Eat like you haven’t in years.


I will not ask why you left.

I’ll only hold your hand

and listen to all the words

you once whispered into pillows.


Then I’ll take the old notebooks,

those pages written in pain,

and read them aloud

like holy verses.


You’ll weep, maybe.

I’ll smile through it.


And before the night ends,

we will laugh.

Truly laugh.

Not because the world has changed,

but because

we’re finally together.


Sit.

Feast on your life.

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